Embers of Us Flare: An Angsty Brother's Best Friend Romance, Book 1, (Paperback)

<p><strong>CASSIAN</strong></p><p>I've loved Vivienne Wilson for so long, I don't remember what it feels like not to. Not that it matters.</p><p>She's my best friend's sister. She's off-limits. And now, she's engaged to marry a man who can give her everything I can't. A title. A future. A life that makes sense on paper.</p><p>I'm only the estate manager's son-temporarily running Belgrave Park while my father recovers-and doing my level best to survive the autumn without losing what's left of my sanity.</p><p>So I do what I've always done.</p><p>I stay quiet.</p><p>I keep my distance and pretend it doesn't carve out my heart to do it.</p><p>I'll give her every last thing she needs.</p><p>Even if it kills me.</p><p></p><p><strong>VIVIENNE</strong></p><p>Getting married at Belgrave Park is supposed to be a dream. It's everything my family has ever wanted for me-an impeccable match, a perfect wedding, a future that fits neatly into the world I was born into.</p><p>There's just one problem.</p><p>Cassian Cordero is everywhere. In the stables. In the library. Across the dinner table, looking at me like I'm something he's already lost.</p><p>He's my brother's best friend.</p><p>My first crush.</p><p>The only boy I've ever loved.</p><p>And the last man in the world to ever be mine.</p><p>Because no matter how close we get-how long his hand lingers, how quiet the world feels when it's just us-he never crosses the line. Never says the things I'm desperate to hear. Never gives me a reason to believe this isn't all in my head.</p><p>I said yes to a man I don't love, because if Cassian wanted me, he would've chosen me by now.</p>

• Embers of Us Flare: An Angsty Brother's Best Friend Romance, Book 1, (Paperback)
• Author: Jessica Jude
• ISBN: 9798996687206
• Format: Paperback
• Publication Date: 2026-09-15
• Page Count: 452